Medicine – Medical Doctor (MD), English Division

About the course

A six-year (12-semester) medical degree taught in English in the English Division of the Collegium Medicum at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Applicants are selected in an open competition based on their school-leaving grades.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. In general, applicants are ranked on their school-leaving grades in open competition, and need one of Biology or Chemistry (Higher or Standard Level) and one of Physics or Mathematics (at least Standard Level).
• The university’s pages do not agree on the entrance exam. The programme page says selection is based on school-leaving grades, and the School of Medicine recruitment site says no entrance exam is needed. However, the admissions rules page lists an ‘entrance examination’ on 22 to 23 September 2026 without saying what it covers. Ask admissions whether you will have to sit an exam.
• English at B2 (CEFR) level. Accepted minimum scores include IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT 87 or TOEIC 700. A certificate is only required if your secondary education was not in English, so Irish applicants should not normally need one.

Working in Ireland afterwards

Because your medical degree comes from an EU/EEA country, the Medical Council of Ireland can recognise it automatically under EU Directive 2005/36/EC, as long as it is listed in Annex V (point 5.1.1). If that listing says the degree must come with an internship or state-exam certificate from your home country, you need to have that too, and you must also show your current professional standing and meet the English-language requirements. Graduates of EU/EEA medical schools may apply to the HSE for Irish intern posts, but only if their home-country degree does not already count as complete training. In older HSE intern guides (e.g., the 2022 guide), only graduates from medical schools in Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Iceland and Slovenia could apply. Graduates from other EEA countries (and Italians holding the ‘abilitante’ degree) were told they are not eligible, because they qualify directly for General registration. Applicants who need no work permit were matched before those who do. Please check the current eligibility list in the HSE intern guide for the year you apply. We could not confirm it for the July 2027 intake because the current HSE guide pages are password-protected.

How to apply

1. Contact admissions and check eligibilityEmail recruitment@mdkielce.edu.pl, or use the eligibility check form on the School of Medicine recruitment site, sending your Leaving Certificate results and transcript.
2. Register online and pay the feeComplete the online registration and upload your documents: the application form, a motivation letter, your Leaving Certificate with an apostille and English translation, your transcript, a health certificate with a record of Hepatitis B vaccination, and photos. Then pay the 85 PLN application fee. In the 2026 cycle the deadline was 21 September.
3. SelectionApplicants are ranked on their Leaving Certificate grades. Confirm with admissions whether you also need to sit the ‘entrance examination’ listed for late September (22 to 23 September in 2026). Results were announced on 24 September in 2026.
4. Submit documents and enrolSubmit your documents by the deadline (30 September in 2026) and pay the first EUR 6,250 instalment before the academic year starts.

Costs

• EUR 12,500 per year (EUR 6,250 per semester), paid in two instalments of EUR 6,250: one before the academic year starts and one before the summer term starts. The university publishes one fee for all students on the English programme and does not list a lower EU rate, so Irish students should expect to pay it. There is also a non-refundable application fee of 85 PLN (about EUR 20). The fees page refers to 2025/26, so confirm the 2027/28 fee.

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